The name you enter is used as the virtual machine’s base name in the inventory. It is also used as the name of the virtual machine’s files.

The name can be up to 80 characters long. If you are connected to vCenter Server and have folders in your inventory, names must be unique within the folder. Names are not case-sensitive, so the name my_vm is identical to My_Vm.

Prerequisites

Verify that you have an appropriate naming strategy in place.

Procedure

1

On the Name and Location page of the New Virtual Machine wizard, type a name.